George Canning and his friends; . once see how handily we mix up sternCalvinists and bigotted Catholics in this certainly happycountry. I could not help the other day paying theKing a compliment upon this subject at a privateaudience which I had of him. God bless you. and how is Charles Ellis ? I hear Granvillewants a new wig sadly. Binning to Bagot. March 23, 1827. Indeed, indeed M. LAmbassadenr, ilest bien necessairede calmer Iinquietude de voire excellence^ and to assureyou very positively that you have built a most hugeand unsightly edifice of apprehension on a most rottenand
George Canning and his friends; . once see how handily we mix up sternCalvinists and bigotted Catholics in this certainly happycountry. I could not help the other day paying theKing a compliment upon this subject at a privateaudience which I had of him. God bless you. and how is Charles Ellis ? I hear Granvillewants a new wig sadly. Binning to Bagot. March 23, 1827. Indeed, indeed M. LAmbassadenr, ilest bien necessairede calmer Iinquietude de voire excellence^ and to assureyou very positively that you have built a most hugeand unsightly edifice of apprehension on a most rottenand unsound foundation. hnpriynis^ the Catholic debate proves none of thethings your brilliant fancy hath drawn from it. Idoubt whether the speech of the Magister Rotulorum*was the speech of the Chancellor. It certainly wasnot that of the King. He found it necessary to makea speech for Cambridge, and like all insincere menwho put themselves in a false position, wishing toshow his zeal, and at the same time to leave himself * A. Hngra-vcd by //. lialkcr. THOMAS HAMILTON, NINTH EARL OF HADDINGTON(lord BINNING) To face page 378, Vol. II. 1827] A TERTIUM QUID 379 a very wide door through which to retreat at a futureand convenient opportunity, he blundered the matter—went too far further than he meant, and got a sadlicking for his pains. I know he has since plainlydisavowed having had any communication with Can-ccllarius. I believe the speech of . . Lauderdale tohave proceeded only and exclusively from his ownspeculations. He may be wily, but you have notforgot that he is in judgment as unsound as he is inbodily constitution rotten . . read his speech. . .Not as any evidence of his being set on by great person is quiescent I do believe, seekingthe continuance of his own Peace and Ease, and desirousof avoiding turmoil. Therefore will he, when the timeshall come, offer the terms of the Government to theonly man w^hose hands are fit to hold them on ours
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